Examiner fatigue in communication skills objective structured clinical examinations

Medical Education

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 444-449

  Humphris, G M ^a   Kaney, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Cohort studies; Communication; Education, medical, undergraduate, standards; Educational measurement; Faculty, standards; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; ERROR; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035022308     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2001.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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